More than £100,000 will be spent on 30 new electric charge points across Nottingham.

The city council has accepted a £117,480 Government grant to install them in four locations.

They are planned to be installed in council-owned car parks, in a bid to help residents own and use an electric vehicle.

Councillor Sally Longford, portfolio holder for energy and environment at Nottingham City Council, said: “We want to make charge points available to as many people as possible.

"Lack of off-street parking can be a barrier when it comes to owning an electric car, so this funding is an important step forward.

“Installing on-street charge points can be problematic, particularly on narrow pavements, so our solution is to create community-charging hubs: safe, off-street spaces that can be used by local residents who otherwise wouldn’t have access to charging near their homes.”

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The locations for the charge points include car parks outside the city centre, including: Randal Street, in the Arboretum, Winchester Street, in Sherwood, Denman Street, Radford, and at the Queens Walk Community Centre, in The Meadows.

The hubs will service any electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.

A council report read: "At least 30 percent of Nottingham residents live in properties where there is no off-street parking available.

"To enable these residents to own and use an electric vehicle NCC submitted a successful bid to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles to enable the installation of charge points in four residential areas.

Loxley House, where Nottingham City Council is based. (Image: Copyright Unknown)

"These charge points are not sited on streets but in council-owned car parks. Encouraging the uptake of ultra low emission and zero emission vehicles is part of the council's commitment to reduce air pollution and forms part of the council's clean air strategy."

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It comes after the Office for Low Emission Vehicles announced a £3.8m investment for new green vehicles and infrastructure across the East Midlands earlier this month.

Gary Mason, engineering director at Nottingham City Transport , said: “With 53 bio-gas double deck buses already successfully operating in Nottingham and making a significant impact on reducing emissions in the city, this announcement for funding to expand our gas refuelling station paves the way for investment by NCT in a further 67 bio-gas double decks to join the fleet this year.

“This fleet of 120 Bio-Gas double decks, coupled with the retrofitting of exhaust treatment systems to our diesel buses, demonstrates NCTs support for cleaning up Nottingham’s air, contributing to Nottingham City Council’s overall clean air strategy.”

"This latest funding means we can add to our electric bus fleet by introducing four new buses to serve local communities in the Rushcliffe and Mansfield areas. We hope to see these vehicles on the road in 2020.

“Even more bus passengers in Nottinghamshire will therefore benefit from the quieter, sleek and pollution-free buses, thanks to zero emission bus technology which will help improve air quality and reduce CO2 emissions.

“We are match funding this Government money as its hoped that this investment will encourage further take up of electric buses by bus operators as well as encouraging more people to use the bus.

“Our current two electric buses, which were introduced last summer thanks to a previous round of Government funding, are already serving residents across Stapleford, Toton, Attenborough and Beeston.”